{"code":"CCP","codeName":"Code of Civil Procedure","section":"1221","citation":"Code Civ. Proc., § 1221","status":"in-force","lawOn":"2026-09-28","headings":[{"name":"PART 3. OF SPECIAL PROCEEDINGS OF A CIVIL NATURE [1063. - 1822.60.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/code-of-civil-procedure/part-3"},{"name":"TITLE 5. OF CONTEMPTS [1209. - 1222.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/code-of-civil-procedure/part-3/title-5"}],"history":"Amended by Stats. 1951, Ch. 1737.","effective":null,"html":"<p>Whenever, by the provisions of this title, an officer is required to keep a person arrested on a warrant of attachment in custody, and to bring him before a court or judge, the inability, from illness or otherwise, of the person to attend, is a sufficient excuse for not bringing him up; and the officer must not confine a person arrested upon the warrant in a prison, or otherwise restrain him of personal liberty, except so far as may be necessary to secure his personal attendance.</p>","text":"Whenever, by the provisions of this title, an officer is required to keep a person arrested on a warrant of attachment in custody, and to bring him before a court or judge, the inability, from illness or otherwise, of the person to attend, is a sufficient excuse for not bringing him up; and the officer must not confine a person arrested upon the warrant in a prison, or otherwise restrain him of personal liberty, except so far as may be necessary to secure his personal attendance.","otherVersions":[],"url":"https://blackletter.si/code-of-civil-procedure/of-contempts-1221","source":"California Legislative Information bulk export (pubinfo)"}